Witness credited with helping capture Carson City bank robber

Thomas Edward Baye is accused of pointing a gun at a male bank teller's chest on Monday afternoon, and robbing him of cash, according to a criminal complaint filed by an FBI agent.

Baye, wearing a black mask, green hooded sweatshirt, jeans … and latex gloves, then allegedly pointed his gun at another teller at the US Bank on Market Street in Carson City. She is a single mother, who feared for her life. She then placed cash into Baye's white trash bag.

But while Baye was earlier gathering money from her co-worker, the woman pressed the bank's alarm, the complaint said.

After allegedly snagging just more than $2,500 from the tellers, Baye took off in a silver truck. A witness had followed him, and reported the truck's license plate to authorities.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office soon connected the registered truck owner to Baye. They arrived at his house and found the clothes and latex gloves worn in the robbery, along with the stolen cash stuffed in a trash can under the kitchen sink, the complaint said. Investigators also found a BB gun they suspect Baye used during the crime.

Baye was arraigned later that day in Reno federal court. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for next week.